Doja Cat’s“Paint The Town Red” anthem caught Dionne Warwick unexpectedly as she didn’t know she had been sampled on the Grammy-winner’s Hot 100 topping hit.
Despited having her traditional “Walk On By” sampled all through the 2023 observe, Warwick revealed that she didn’t even know who Doja Cat was throughout an look on The Kelly Clarkson Show earlier this week.
“I didn’t know it had been recorded by her,” she recounted. “My granddaughter called me and says, ‘Grammy, do you know you’re on a record with Doja Cat?’ I said, ‘Doja who?’
“Well, apparently, it’s a major hit for her. I’m thrilled. I hope ‘Walk on By’ is as good for her as it has been for me. They’re great songs, and finally [young people] are being exposed to some good music.”
“Walk On By” arrived in 1964 and reached No. 6 on the Hot 100, whereas “Paint The Town Red” served as Doja Cat’s second No. 1 hit when it topped the chart in September. The Los Angeles native beforehand achieved that milestone with 2020’s “Say So.”
“Paint The Town Red” in the end landed on Doja Cat’s Scarlet album, launched on September 22, and he or she’s at present touring the LP throughout the nation.
The Scarlet Tour got here by Newark, New Jersey on Thursday night time (November 30); however Doja in the end needed to apologize to her followers for a lackluster effort on stage.
“I’m so fuckin sorry New Jersey I don’t know what the fuck that was,” she wrote on her Instagram Story after the present. “I’m really not happy with my energy tonight.”
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It’s to be famous, nonetheless, that she informed the group she wasn’t feeling properly the night time prior on the Barclays Center.
According to Rolling Stone, she thought of reducing the ultimate track as a result of she was sick, however in the end powered by.
The present goes on for Doja Cat as she’ll carry the Scarlet Tour — which is supported by Ice Spice and Doechii — to Ohio, Nebraska and Minneapolis this week.
